On July 3, Hanoi City People's Committee issued an official dispatch directing the resolution and overcoming of the consequences of a house fire at No. 11, adjacent to 9, Van Phu Urban Area, Kien Hung ward.
The official dispatch clearly stated that, in order to urgently overcome the consequences of the fire, the Chairman of the City People's Committee requested the Director of the City Police to preside over and coordinate with the Chairman of the People's Committee of Kien Hung ward and related units to focus on overcoming the consequences; urgently investigate and clarify the cause of the fire; determine the responsibilities of relevant organizations and individuals and handle them according to the provisions of law.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee also assigned the Department of Health, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Kien Hung ward and related units to organize visits, encouragement, and material and spiritual support for the families of the victims according to regulations; at the same time, based on assigned functions and tasks, ensure environmental sanitation in the area where the fire occurred.
Units are required to promptly report to the Chairman of the City People's Committee on contents beyond their authority for consideration and direction.
The Chairman of the City People's Committee requested heads of units to urgently and seriously implement the assigned tasks.
According to Hanoi City Police, at about 1:29 pm on July 3, the Command Information Center of Hanoi City Police received a fire report at house number 7, adjacent to 9, Van Phu urban area, Kien Hung ward.
Immediately after receiving the information, the Command Information Center dispatched 5 fire trucks, 1 ladder truck, 2 command vehicles and 45 officers and soldiers of the Fire and Rescue Teams in areas No. 4, 15 and 31 (Hanoi Fire and Rescue Police Department) to the scene, coordinating with local authorities, Ward Police and people to deploy fire fighting, rescue and relief work.
Leaders of the Fire and Rescue Police Department were also directly present at the scene to command firefighting operations, and at the same time mobilized 2 more command vehicles and 1 truck carrying specialized vehicles to serve rescue and relief work.
Functional forces were present at the scene at about 1:35 pm and determined that the fire had developed freely for about 15 minutes. The fire broke out strongly from the 1st floor of a 4-story house, 1 attic with an area of about 70 m2 and quickly spread to the upper floors.
By about 2 pm, the fire was basically under control, not allowing the fire to spread to the surrounding area. By 2:07 pm, the fire was completely extinguished.
During the search and rescue process, the Fire and Rescue Police force discovered 2 victims who had died and handed them over to the medical force.
